The Great House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1960. House. 1 related planning application.
The Great House
- WRENN ID
- over-gutter-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1960
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Great House, East Orchard, SP7 0LQ
- OS grid reference
- ST 834 164
- Coordinates
- 50.94763, -2.23691
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Great House is a 17th-century house with an 18th-century rear wing, constructed of ashlar, brick, and chequered flint and stone. It has a gabled, thatched roof with brick stacks positioned to the right and left of the front door. The house is symmetrical, featuring a two-story, three-window range on the front elevation. The upper floor has four-light casement windows with glazing bars. The ground floor contains 19th-century three-light sash windows. A weathered string course runs along the facade. Interior features documented by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (RCHM) include a six-panel ceiling with deep chamfered, intersecting ceiling beams; an open fireplace; and a 17th-century staircase with moulded close strings, square newel posts, moulded handrails, and turned balusters. It is listed for its group value.
Local climate
The Great House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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